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Teegarden’s Star (SO J025300.5+165258 2MASS J02530084+1652532 LSPM J0253+1652) is an M-type brown dwarf in the constellation Aries located about 12 light years from the Solar System. Despite its proximity to Earth it is a dim magnitude 15 and can only be seen through large telescopes. This star was found to have a very large proper motion of about 5 arcseconds per year. Only seven stars with such large proper motions are currently known.

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